Seven or Eleven 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 9 Jul 2008
2008

At the railroad station
almost ev'ry day
hangin' round the porters there
tryin' hard to win his fare
you'll see Rufus Johnson
gamblin' his dough away.
Down on his knees
with the dotted ivories,
you can hear old Rufus say:

Seven or eleven
means ev'rything to me
means I'm gonna see my Mammy,
down in sunny Alabammy
Seven or Eleven
that's what it's got to be
It means the scenes I'm longin' for
the Swanee and the 'Sippy
and the 'Ginny shore
It means I lose the blues,
means a hat and shoes,
means an overcoat and cane,
Means I'll have my fare,
a little bit to spare,
means I'm on the midnight train
come on you Seven or Eleven
Oh! boy won't that be nice
I'll be on my merry way
back to Heaven
with my Dixie Pair o' Dice.

Seven or eleven
means ev'rything to me
means I'm gonna see my Mammy,
down in sunny Alabammy
Seven or Eleven
that's what it's got to be
It means the scenes I'm longin' for
the Swanee and the 'Sippy
and the 'Ginny shore
It means I lose the blues,
means a hat and shoes,
means an overcoat and cane,
Means I'll have my fare,
a little bit to spare,
means I'm on the midnight train
come on you Seven or Eleven
Oh! boy won't that be nice
I'll be on my merry way
back to Heaven
with my Dixie Pair o' Dice.

Ev'ry time they break him
Rufus goes away
gets a brand new bunk roll, then
comes to roll those bones again.
Never seems to worry
while he's got dough to play.
wearin' a smile
and just singin' all the while,
"This may be my lucky day..."

Seven or eleven
means ev'rything to me
means I'm gonna see my Mammy,
down in sunny Alabammy
Seven or Eleven
that's what it's got to be
It means the scenes I'm longin' for
the Swanee and the 'Sippy
and the 'Ginny shore
It means I lose the blues,
means a hat and shoes,
means an overcoat and cane,
Means I'll have my fare,
a little bit to spare,
means I'm on the midnight train
come on you Seven or Eleven
Oh! boy won't that be nice
I'll be on my merry way
back to Heaven
with my Dixie Pair o' Dice.

Seven or eleven
means ev'rything to me
means I'm gonna see my Mammy,
down in sunny Alabammy
Seven or Eleven
that's what it's got to be
It means the scenes I'm longin' for
the Swanee and the 'Sippy
and the 'Ginny shore
It means I lose the blues,
means a hat and shoes,
means an overcoat and cane,
Means I'll have my fare,
a little bit to spare,
means I'm on the midnight train
come on you Seven or Eleven
Oh! boy won't that be nice
I'll be on my merry way
back to Heaven
with my Dixie Pair o' Dice.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Seven or Eleven 1923
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Lew Brown
© MCMXXIII by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 12.13
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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